down-and-out
(Informal)
[noun]
Synonyms:
- tramp, bag lady, beggar, derelict, dosser (Brit. slang), pauper, vagabond, vagrant
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- destitute, derelict, impoverished, on one's uppers (informal), penniless, short, without two pennies to rub together (informal)

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I. ˌdown-and-ˈout¹ adjective

1. having no luck or money:
a down-and-out actor

2. having no home and living on the street

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II. ˌdown-and-ˈout² noun [countable]
British English someone who has no home and who lives on the street

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down and out
[British & Australian, American]
someone who has no home, no job and no money.
I just assumed he was a down and out, begging on the street corner.

She was one of the many down-and-outers waiting for the soup kitchen to open.

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down-and-out
a down and out - someone who has no home, no job and no money.
His next film was about two down-and-out drifters who met in New York.
(always before noun)

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down and out
to have no money
My friend has been down and out before but usually he can find a job.

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down-and-out
having no money
My friend was down-and-out for many years before he got a job and began to make money.

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down and out
adj. phr. Without money; without a job or home; broke.
Poor Sam lost his job after his wife had left him; he is really down and out.

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